Good Integrity tool for firmware updates

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Here is a document on how to use the HP Smart Update Manager with Integrity blades:

This document is updated when new methods and/or new FW components are introduced.

Frequently Asked Questions and other details are provided at the end of this document.

A new firmware update method was introduced in May 2010 starting with the new Integrity server

blades that were released. This method uses a tool, HP Smart Update Manager, that comes bundled

with the FW update packages. Previous Firmware update methods will continue to support systems

shipped prior to 2010.

In May 2011 a new version of HPSUM will be provided in the Firmware bundle. The enhancements

include:

• Flash screens providing information on the FW update

• New User Interface showing errors and warning messages in one screen

• The reboot delay is now the default behavior

• Some dependencies are now managed by the utility.

• Able to specify more than one repository source that contains the new firmware you want to

update to

• Ablilty to generate reports in XML or HTML format

• A new support utility provided in the bundle so that when issues are encountered that you

want to report to HP Support , the utility will gather the log files needed to troubleshoot the

issue.

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02845885/c02845885.pdf

Have you see this document before? Useful info?